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No. 626,948. Patented lune I3, 1899.

F. A. WALKER &. C- E. RASMUSSDN.

IRONING MACHINE.

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IBONING MACHINE.

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(Application filed Sept. 8, 1898.)

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No. 626,948. 'Patpnted lune l3,'l899.

F. A. WALKER &. C. E. RASMUSSON.

IRONING MACHINE.

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(Application filed Sept. 8, 1898.)

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No. 626,948. Patentad lune l3, I899. F. A. WALKER & C. BASMUSSON.

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No. 626,948. Patented lune :3, I899. F. A. WALKER & C. E. RASMUSSON;

IRONING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES:

PATENT I FFIcE.

FREDERICK A. \VALKER AND CHARLES E. RASMUSSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNORS TO THE S. H. SINCLAIR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IRONING-MIACH'INE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,948, dated June 13,1899. Application filed September 3, 1898. Serial No. 690,202. (Nomodel.)

To all? w7t017t it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FREDERICK A. WALKER and CHARLES E. RASMUSSON,citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates especially to an improvement in ironing-machinesof the type employing a reciprocating ironing-board and an ironing-rollcoacting therewith, though certain features of the invention may beemployed in machines of other types.

Our object is to provide a machine of generally improved constructionwherein the means for reciprocating the ironing-board,the means forregulating its adjustment with relation to the roll, the means forvarying the relative speeds of the ironing-surfaces, and the means forsecuring the article to be ironed to the ironing-board are within readyreach of and under easy and perfect control by 'an operator located infront of the machine.

Generally stated, the invention consists in an improved ironing-boardand clamping means for securing a garment to the board, in an improvedgearing for regulating the relative speeds of the roll andironing-board, in improved means for adjusting the ironingboard withrelation to its roll or, perhaps, more properly, for regulating thefrictional contact between the ironing-board and the friction-roll bywhich it is reciprocated, and, finally, in certain other novel featuresof construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in right sideelevation, facing with the machine, of our improved ironing-machine;Fig. 2, a broken detail view of a portion of the right side of theframe, showing the train of gears employed for effecting a reversal ofdirection of movement of the ironing-board; Fig. 3, a plan sectionalview, taken on line 3 of Fig. 2, of the same detail, showing in additiontwo friction-disks by the employment of which alternately thereeiprocatory movement of the ironing-board is secured; Fig. 4, adetached View of the rock-arm carrying said reversing-gears; Fig. 5, aview of the lefthand side of the machine, showing the gearing by meansof which a change in speed for the ironing-roll is obtained; Fig. 6, asectional view on line 6 of Fig. 5, showing a detail of theoperating-lever for moving said lastnamed gears; Figs. 7 and 8, detailsof the portion of the frame which receives said lever and of thedetached lever itself; Fig. 9, a vertical longitudinal section taken online 9 of Fig. 14:, the section-plane being shifted to cut the base orsupport of the ironing-board close to one side piece; Fig. 10, a brokenview of the front portion of the frame and the mechanism for adjustingthe swing or pivoted frame in which is journaled the friction-roll whichmoves the ironing-board; Fig. 11, a detail of a spring shown in Fig. 10;Fig. 12, a transverse vertical section taken on line 12 of Fig. 1; Fig.13, a sectional view on line 13 of Fig. 1, showing a driving-pulley,which is given a continuous rotary movement in one direction and fromwhich all the parts are driven as desired through the medium of thefriction-wheels shown in Fig. 3 and which are caused to contactalternately with the inner surface of the pulley-rim; Fig. 14:, a plansection taken on line 14 of Fig. 1; Fig. 15, a top plan view of theironing-board and attendant parts Fig. 16, a top plan sectional view ofthe base of the ironing-board, the section being taken as indicated atline 16 on Fig. 17; Fig. 17, a broken vertical section on line 17 ofFig. 16, showing the central or neck clamp closed; and Fig. 18, asimilar View showing the neckclamp released.

The main frame is conveniently formed of right and left sideframe-sections A and B, respectively, upper and lower cross-bars C C,respectively, connecting the front ends of said sections, and upper andlower cross-bars D D, respectively, connecting the rear ends of saidsections. The right section A comprises, preferably, front and rearuprights A A top bar A horizontal connecting-bars A A a vertical bar A,joining bars A and A and a horizontal bar A"', joining bars A and A. Thesection B is similarly constructed, the parts being designated by theletter B, with numerals corresponding to those used in the descriptionof the section A.

Upon the rear uprights A B at a convenient height are brackets E and F,connected by a shaft G, upon which is pivoted near its end a yoke-likeframe H, the sides H H of which are supplied with bearings H H, in whichis journaled the shaft I of a frictionroll I. At its front end the yokeis provided with a head H having on its under surface a semisphericalcavity which receives a ball J, adjustably connected with mechanism forsupporting the front end of the yoke in a manner to permit the. same tobe readily raised or lowered through the medium of said mechanism.

At opposite sides of the friction-roll I the yoke is supplied withstandards K and K, in which are journaled front and rear rolls K Krespectively, Whose upper surfaces are approximatelyin a plane with theupper surface of said friction-roll. Upon these rolls rests thefiat-bottomed base piece or support L of the ironing-board L. Above theironing-board, in such position that the board may be brought into closecontact therewith, is an ironing-roll M, journaled in central uprightsor standards M, supported by the top bars A and B of the frame-sectionsAand B and supplied with any suitable heating means, as with thegas-burnerM (Shown in F ig.12.) The roll M is supplied at'the left end(facing with the machine) with a gear Mi. The ironing-board L, throughthe medium of the friction-roll I, and the ironing-roll M, through themedium of the gear M, are given movements capable of reversal and changein relative surface speeds by gearing now to be described.

Journaled in suitable bearings A and B depending from the horizontalbars A and B of the sections A and B, is what may be termed a main shaftN, which projects at both ends beyond the side frame-sections. On theouter side of the bearings A at the right side of the machine the shaftis supplied with a rigidly-attached gear t, Fig. 13, and adjacentthereto with a loose pulley P, held in place by a cap-piece s, securedto the shaft end by a screw-bolt s, and outside the bearing B at theleft side of the machine it is provided withtwo rigidly-joined orintegrallyformed gears r and 'r of different diameters.

By preference the pulley P is provided with spokes or arms P, havingtheir inner surfaces in a vertical plane, while the outer surfaces aretapering or ribbed to. give the requisite strength. The rim of thepulley is not symmetrically placed on the spokes, but projects inwardfarther than it does outward, and this widened inner rim portion isprovided on its interior surface with an annular groove q,

preferably of V-shaped cross-section, which receives the beveledperipheries'of two friction'disks p and n. The direction of movement ofthe ironing board and roll is regulated by these two disks, which arefor this purpose journaled on studs 19' and 07., carried by a rock-armQ, capable of moving back and forth through a small arc to cause thedisks to engage the pulley alternately. The rock arm Q is providedcentrally with a boss Q,

at which point it is pivotally mounted on the projecting end of a shaftQ fixed in the bars A and 13*, where it is confined longitudinally by abearing Q on the inner surface of the bar B Fig. 14, and a shoulder Qwhich bears against the inner surface of the bar A Fig. 3. Outside ofthe rock-shaft, on the extreme end of the shaft, is journaled anidler-pinion Q Journaled on the studs n and 13' to rotate with the disks'n. and p and-shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as formed integrally with the disksare pinions n and 19 the former of which meshes with an idler m,journaled on a stud m and in mesh with the pinion Q and the latter ofwhich meshes directly with the pinion Q The pinion Q is in mesh with thegear t on the shaft N, and it will be observed that motion istransmitted from the loose pulpens to engage the pulley and thencethrough one set or train of the pinions just described back to the shaftN. It will be observed, also, that inasmuch as there is one more idlerin one of the trains than in the other the direction of movement. of theshaft N will reverse with a change from one disk to another, as thepulley-contacting disk.

At the inner side of the journal-box A the shaft N is supplied with arigidly-attached pinion Z, which meshes with an idler Z, Figs. 1 and 14,which in turn meshes with a gear Z rigidly secured to the shaft I of thefriction roll.

At the opposite side of the machine the members r 0",-Fig. 5, of thecompound gear on the shaft N mesh with idlers 7c and 7t, respectively,journaled on studs 7.", k carried by a rock-arm B. An idler with whicheither idler 70 or may be caused to mesh, transmits motion to the gear Mof the ironing-roll. I The rock-arm Ris provided with a boss k Figs. 8and 14, at which point it is perforated and pivotally'mounted onthe'shaft N, between the jOlll'lJLl-bOX'B and the compound gear on theend of the shaft adjacent thereto. It is further provided with bosses 70and 70, at which points it is perforated to receive the idler-studs 70and 7.2 above mentioned. The rock arm or lever B is operated by a handleR, near which handle the lever is provided with an inwardly-projectingbolt U, which moves in a slot 70 in the upright B of the frame. Theposition of the lever is regulated by a small auxiliary spring-heldlever R pivoted on the lever R and supplied at one end with apivotally-secured pin 7J9, which projects through a hole in the lever Band into any one of the three perforations 7: 70, and 70 in the uprightB, according to the position of the lever B. The lever B is furthersecured in any given position by means of the clamping actionof a nut75, supplied with a hand-lever, as shown, and a lock-nut 70 both ofwhich nuts are upon the bolt it. By means of the lever-and-gearmechanism just described a change in the speed of the ironing-rolliseffected without any positive change in the speed of theironing-board.

In Figs. 1 and 14 is shown the means for throwing the rock-arm Q todifferent positions to cause either of the friction-disks p and n toengage the pulley P or both to clear it, as desired. Extending crosswiseof the main frame at the front of the machine and close to the floor isa foot-board S, supported by forwardly-projecting arms S and S rigidlysecured to a rock-shaft S journaled in bearings A B depending from thehorizon tal bars A and B of the side sections of the frame. Outside thebearing A the shaft is provided with a rock-arm S*, the end of which ispivotally joined to the lower end of a connecting-rod -5 which in turnis pivotally joined at its upper end to the rear end of the rock-arm Q,which carries the friction-disks p and n. Confined between a collar h atthe lower end of the rod S and an outwardlyprojecting lug h on theframe-bar A through which the connecting-rod loosely passes, is acoil-spring 78, which serves normally to hold the rock-arm S depressed,so as to bring the disk 1) into engagement with the pulley-rim.

' Upon the lug h is a sliding block h slotted to receive theconnecting-rod S and thicker at its rear portion than at its frontportion. Pivotally joined to the rear end of the sliding block at thelower end of its vertical member is a bell-crank lever T, pivoted to theframe at '1" and provided with a forwardly-projecting member T themovement of which is limited by a guard T and which ends at the front ofthe machine in a handle T. Above the sliding block on the connecting-rod is a collar 7a, which is engaged by the upper or cam surface ofthe thick portion of the block 72, when the block is shoved forward bythe action of the bell-crank. This movement raises the connecting-rodagainst the action of its spring and locks the rock-arm Q in suchposition that neither of the frictiondisks engages the pulley P. Downward pressure upon the foot-board or treadle S releases the pressureupon the cam-surface of the sliding block, and the block is withdrawn bythe action of gravity upon the horizontal arm '1 of the bell-crank. Theconnecting-rod is of two parts, joined by a right and left threadedunion 72, to permit adjustment in length.

In Figs. 5, 9, 10, and let is shown mechanism for adjusting the heightof the front end of the swing or pivoted frame carrying thefriction-roll 1. A hand-lever V is pivotally secured at its lower end tothe horizontal bar B of the frame at a point g near the front end of the-machine. Its position is regulated by means of a toothed'segment of acircle g upon the top bar B of the frame and a lever-operatedspring-held pawl 9 carried by the lever V. Near its center the lever Vis provided with a bolt or stud which moves in a slot in the upper endof a connectinglink 9 which is also pivotally joined at g to a partrigid with the main frame. The lower end of the link g is pivotallyjoined to the upper end of a connecting-rod 9 having a laterally-curvedlower end g pivotally joined to the long end of a curved lever g",pivoted between lugs g g on the lower front cross-bar C of the frame.The bar 0' is of T-shaped cross-section, with the stem 0 projecting tothe front, and the lug g is cast on the stem, while the lug g is cast onthe upwardly-projecting portion C of the cross of the T. The short endof the lever g is shown as a disk, on the front side of which is a pinQ12, which engages a slot 9 on the front or long fork g of a bifurcatedlever g, the stem of which is pivoted to a lug g on the cross-bar O. Thelong fork g and the short fork g", Fig. 9, of the bifurcation areprovided with lugs grooved to support the ends of a pin Q19, whichprojects forwardly and rearwardly from a horizontally-disposed block 9slidably connected by means of bolts q with slots 9 in the lower ends ofupright pieces Q23, having secured between their upper ends a secondblock g. Passing loosely through perforations in these blocks andthrough the stem 0 of the cross-bar O at its center, where is supplied aboss Q25, is a vertical shaft g the upper portion of which is threadedto receive the'ball J, above mentioned, and the lower portion of whichis threaded to receive a collar-forming nut and locking-nut 9 9 bearingupon the block 9 The shaft projects above the ball J and passes looselythrough the head H of the swing and a lug Q29 on the top cross-bar 0.Nuts g serve to limit the upward movement of the-shaft and of the frontend of the swing. The shaft is equipped with a hand-wheel 9 1 forconvenience in adjusting. A quite heavy spring g is coiled about theshaft between the blocks 9 and 9 which allows some give to the swing asthe ironing-board passes beneath the ironing-roll. A second coil-springg confined between the cross-bar O of the frame and the block 9 servesto break the shock of a quick lowering of the swing by means of thehand-lever V. The lever g it will be observed, is bent rearwardly tocause its end to clear the vertical flange O of the cross-bar as thelever is lowered. By means of the mechanism just described the front endof the swing may be quickly raised or lowered to accommodate theironing-board to the work being done, while the parts maybe readilyadjusted with relation to each other to cause the final adjustment ofthe swing to fall within the range of action of the handlever V. Thelink g2, it will be observed,-is swung about the stud g by the movementof the stud g within the slot 9 The upper end of the link g is thusgiven a movement in such an are as to afford the desired range ofvertical movement with but little forward and rear movement.

As shown in Figs. 1, 5, 9, and 12, the supports K and K, which carry therolls K and ICC , K serve also to support guides for the iron ing-board,comprising flat strips ff, whose inner margins project beneath the sidemargins of the board, and angle -irons f f which serve to confine theboard laterally.

The ironing-board L, Figs. 9 and 12 and 15 to 18, inclusive, issupported on a cast-metal chair W, having forwardly and inward-1yconverging vertical wings e c, which meet at e, from whence upper andlower longitudinal ribs 6 e extend to near the front end of the board.The chair is provided with feet a, which rest upon the baseplate L andare suitably secured thereto. Attached to the baseplate are upwardly andoutwardly flaring sheet-metal side pieces L and LZwhich serve to preventany portion of the garment being operated upon from becoming entangledin the relatively-moving parts of the machine.

The improved ironing-board here shown is one for use in ironing shirts.The board proper is supplied with a neckband-receiving recess, whichpreferably extends materially beyond a half-circle. To work in a recessextending beyond a half-circle, we have devised a clamp for the neckbandwhich has a movement peculiarly adapted to the function it has toperform.

X is the neck-clamp of circular form, which may extend throughout or inexcess of a halfcircle. The ends of the are are joined by .rods 01 61,joined by a right and left union (P,

by means of which a change in the outline of the arc to conform to acircle of greater or less diameter is effected. The neck-clam p iscarried by an arm d which is rigidly secured to the clamp at the centerof the arc and is pivotally joined atits lower end to a block (1provided with laterallyprojecting pins (1 d, which move in inclinedslots d in guides (Z (Z which flank the path of the block and are joinedby an inclined web (1 affording a bottom plate, upon which the blockslides. A spring (1, confined in a socket (Z with which the base of thechair WV is provided and bearingagainst the block,serves to force theblock upward along its guides when the operatinglever is released.Pivotally joined to the arm (1", near the lower end thereof, is aconnecting-rod c, which extends forwardly through a perforation c in theweb 6 and is pivotally joined at its front end to a rock-arm 0 carriedby a rock-shaft 0 provided with an operating-handle c.

It will be observed that with the mechanism just described theneck-clamp is given a forward and downward movement in closing, whichenables it to enter the circular recess and causes it to draw theneckband down firmly and evenly into the recess, and in opening theclamp is given an upward and rearward movement, which causes it to clearthat portion of the ironing-board which projects to the rear beyond thehalf-circle. \Vith the shoulder-clamps such a complex movement is notrequired, and accordingly the shoulderclamps I) b are carried byrock-arms b b on a rock-shaft b operated byan arm 6 linked by means of aconnecting-rod b, passing forwardly through an opening b in the web 6 ofthe chair WV to the arm b of a rock-shaft 1), provided with anoperating-handle b In Figs. 17 and 18 a cloth piece I), covering a feltpiece a, is represented as fastened to the board. Any suitable means forsecuring the skirt of the shirt to be operated upon may be supplied.

In Fig. 9 is shown a block b of square cross-section, which is pivotallysecured at its ends to brackets 19 (one only of which is shown,)projecting forwardly from the front end of the board and serving as ameans for securing the skirt.

In Figs. 1 and 9 is shown a U shaped guard Y, which is secured at itsforwardly-projecting ends to the uprights K, and the bottom or web ofwhich is in the path of the rear end of the ironing-board and preventsthe board from moving to the rear beyond a predetermined point.

The operation is as follows: Motion is imparted to the pulley P from anysuitable source, and the operator by touching-the footlever S with hisfoot releases the block 7L3, which is withdrawn from beneath the collar-h on the connecting-rod S and the rod is immediately forced down by thespring 7L2 till the friction-disk p is caused to contact with thepulley-rim. Motion in a certain direction (according to the direction ofmovement of the pulley) is now communicated through the pinions 19 Q",and gear 25 to the shaft N, upon which the pulley P is loosely mounted.From the shaft N motion is imparted to the friction-r0111 through thepinion Z, Fig. 13, idler Z, Fig. 14, and gear l Motion is also impartedfrom the shaft N to the ironing-roll M through the medium of the largeor small member of the compound gear 0" r and connected gearing,according to whether the greater or less speed of the ironing-roll isdesired. The gearing is such of course that the contacting surfaces ofthe ironing-board and ironing-roll move in the same direction. hen theironing-board has run its length and a reversal is desired, the operatorpresses the foot-treadle clear down, thus throwing the disk 91 intocontact with the pulley-rim and withdrawing the disk 19 from contact.This effects a reversal in the direction of motion of the shaft N byreason of the extra pinion in the train of the gearing connected withthe disk n and causes, necessarily, a simultaneous reversal oftheironing-board and ironing-roll.

Preparatory to the beginning of the ironing operation a shirt is placedupon the ironingboard and clamped at the shoulders and neckband. Theneck-clamp, by reason of the complex movement above described, serves todraw the neckband down evenly, while the portion of the ironing-boardwhich projects beyond the half-circle permits the ironing acthe shirtsurrounding the neckband.

Changes in details of construction within the spirit of our inventionmay be made by those skilled in the art. Hence we wish to be understoodas intending no limitation by the above particular description, givenfor the sake of perspicuity', except as shall appear from the appendedclaims. The coacting ironing board and roll, for instance, may bereplaced, so far as certain novel features of the gearing are concerned,by any coacting movable ironing members to which independent positivemovements are given, the motion beingimparted from a common source insubstantially the manner above described.

\Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of movableironing members, ashaft having gear connection with said members, apulley loosely journaled to rotate constantly in one direction,friction-disks capable of alternate contact with said pulley, and gearconnections between said disks and said shaft for securing a reversal inthe direction of movement of the shaft with a change in pulley contactfrom one disk to the other, the whole operating to effect reversals indirection of movement of the ironing members, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of movableironing members, a shaft having gear connection with said members, apulley loosely journaled on said shaft, disks movably journaled topermit alternate contact with the pulley, gears connecting the disks andsaid shaft for effectinga reversal of the shaft with a change in pulleycontact from one disk to another, and means for shifting the disks,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of anironing-board and a coacting ironing-roll, a shaft journaled in theframe havin g gear connection with each of said ironing members, apulley loosely journaled on said shaft, a rock-arm pivoted to the frame,a gear rigid with the shaft, a pinion journaled concentrically with thepivotal point of said rock-arm and meshing with the gear on said shaft,a pinion journaled on the rock-arm at one side of said pivotal point andmeshing with said concentrically-journaled pinion, a friction-disk rigidtherewith, an idler-pinion journaled on the rock-arm at the oppositeside of its pivotal point and meshing with said concentrically-journaledpinion, a pinion journaled on the rock-arm flanking the idler andmeshing therewith and provided with a rigidly-attached friction-disk,and means for oscillating the rock-arm, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of areciprocating ironingboard, an ironing-roll journaled in the frame abovesaid board, a shaft journaled in the frame, gear connection between saidshaft and the ironing-board, a rock-arm pivoted on said shaft near oneend, a gear composed of two members of different sizes rigid with theshaft adjacent to the rock-arm, two idlers journaled on the rock-arm inmesh with said compound gear members, gearing connected with theironing-roll with which either one of said idlers may becaused to engageat will, and means for rotating said shaft alternately for the purposeset forth.

5. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of areciprocating ironingboard, an ironing-roll above said board, gearingconnected therewith, a shaft journaled in the frame, a large and smallmember compound gear at one end of said shaft, a rockarm pivoted on saidshaft, idlers j ournaled on said rock-arm meshing with the members ofsaid compound gear, either one of which is thrown at will into mesh withthe gearing connected with the ironing-roll, gearing connected with saidshaft for reciprocating the ironing-board, a gear on the shaft at theside of the machine opposite the ironing-roll gears, a pulley looselyjournaled on the shaft adjacent to the last-mentioned gear,friction-disks alternately movable into contact with the I pulley, andgears connecting each of said friction-disks with the gear on theadjacent end of said shaft, whereby a reversal of the movement of theshaft may be effected, substantially as and for-the purpose set forth.

6. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of a movableironing member, a shaft journaled in the frame, a pulley loosely mountedthereon, two friction-disks within the rim of said pulley andalternately movable into contact therewith, gears connecting each diskto the shaft whereby a reversal of the shaft is obtained with a changein the pulley-contactin g disks, and gears connect-ing the shaft to saidironing member, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of a movableironing member, a shaft journaled in the frame, a looselyjournaledpulley, friction-disks alternately movable into contact with the pulley,gears connecting each disk to said shaft, gears connecting the shaft andsaid ironing member, and spring and foot operated mechanism for movingthe disks alternately into and out of contact With said pulley, thewhole operating to give to the shaft, and through it to the ironingmember, alternate movements in opposite directions, substantially asdescribed.

8. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of acooperating ironingboard and ironing-roll, a shaft journaled in theframe, gear connection between shaft and roll and between shaft andironing-board, a loosely-journaled pulley, disks journaled on a rock-armto permit them to be moved into alternate contact with the pulley, gearconnection between each disk and said shaft, a connecting-rod pivotallysecured to an end of the rock-arm, a foot-treadle connected with indifferent directions, substantially as and IIO said connecting-rod formoving the rock-arm in one direction, a spring for moving said rock-armin the opposite direction, and means for holding said rock-arm inopposition to the action of said spring in a position to prevent contactof the pulley with a disk, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

9. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of a movableironing member, a shaft journaled in the frame, means for comm unicatingmotion from shaft to ironingmember,aloosely-journaledpulley,disksjournaled on a rock-arm andalternately movable into contact with said pulley, gearconnectionbetween each disk and said shaft, a connectingrod pivotallyjoined to said rock-arm, a spring for moving the rock-arm in onedirection, a

foot-tre'adle for moving it in the opposite direction,a bell-crankleverpivoted to the frame, and a sliding block connected with one of thearms of the bell-crank and engaging the frame and a projection on theconnecting-rod and serving to lock the connecting-rod against the actionof said spring in such a position as to cause both disks to clear thepulley, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In an ironi ng-machine, the combination with the frame, of anironing-roll, an ironingboard beneath said roll,a friction-roll beneaththe ironing-board for moving the board,ashaft journaled in the frame,gear connection between shaft and ironing-roll and between shaft andfriction-roll, a pulley loosely journaled on the shaft, friction-disksalternately movable into contact with the pulley, gear connectionbetween each disk and said shaft, and means for effecting the alternatemovement of the disks into pulley contact, substantially as and for thepurpose setforth.

11. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of anironing-roll journaled therein, a pivoted frame or swing beneath saidironing-roll, an ironing-board supported by the swing, reciprocatingmeans for the ironing-board, and means for adjusting the height of thefront end of the swing, comprising a lever pivotally joined to the frontend of the frame, connecting means between said lever and the front endof the swing, lever g having pin-and-slot connection with the lever 9and itself pivotally secured to the frame, and lever-and-link connectionbetween the frame and the lever for moving the latter, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

12. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of anironing-roll journaled therein, a pivoted frame beneath said roll, anironing-board supported by the pivoted frame, reciprocating means forthe ironing-board, and means for adjusting the front end of the pivotedframe, comprising a vertical shaft, ball-joint between shaft and frontend of pivoted frame, pivoted lever 9 spring connection between saidlever and shaft, pivoted 1ever g having pin-and-slot connection with,the lever g, and link-and-lever mechanism connecting lever g and themain frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

13. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame, of anironing-roll journaled therein, a pivoted frame beneath said roll, anironing-board supported by the pivoted frame, reciprocating means forthe ironingboard, and means for adjusting the front end of the pivotedframe, comprising levers g and pivotally connected with the frame,yielding connecting means between said levers and the front end of thepivoted frame, a lever V pivot-ally joined to the frame, a link 9pivoted to the main frame at one point and having pin-and-slotconnection with the lever V at another point, and a link 9 joining linkto lever 9 substantially as and for the purpose set forth., I

14. In an ironing-machine, the combination with the frame,'of anironing-roll journaled therein, a pivoted frame beneath said roll, anironing board supported by The pivoted frame, reciprocating means forthe ironingboard, and means for adjusting the front end of the pivotedframe, comprising levers and links V, g g g bifurcated lever 9 shaft gball J having threaded connection therewith and affording a bearing forthe front end of the pivoted frame, movably-connected perforated disksupon said shaft the lower one of which is supported by the bifurcatedhead of the lever g, and a spring-coil confined between the disks,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

15. The herein-described improved shirtironing board, comprising anironing-board proper having a neckband-receiving circular recess theperiphery of which extends beyond a half-circle, a suitable supporttherefor, and means for clampingly engaging the shirtrneclr band,comprising a neck-clamp, a spring-held slidable rocking arm or stemsupporting the clamp, inclined guides for the base of the stem, andmeans for moving the stem slidingly and rotatingly to give to the clampthe desired movement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

16. The herein-described improved ironin g-board,comprising anironing-board proper having a neckband-receiving circular recess, asuitable base for said board, and means for clampingly engaging theneckband of the shirt, comprising a neck-clamp, a stem 61 supportingsaid clamp, a block (1 pivotally connected to the lower end of saidstem, an inclined guideway for said block, a spring for holding saidblock at the upper end of its traverse, a connecting-rod pivotallyjoined to said stem between said block and said neckclamp, and means forreciprocating the connecting-rod, subsiantially as and for the purposeset forth.

FREDERICK A. IVALKER. CHAS. E. RASMUSSON. In presence of- R. T. SPENCER,D. W. LEE.

